Sentences with phrase «harbor seals»

Starting in the 1960s and 1970s, killer whales seem to have begun eating increasing numbers of harbor seals.

The world wide harbor seal population is estimated to be 500,000 individuals.

Although they can reach up to six feet in length and weigh around 180 pounds, when on land and in plain sight harbor seals may not be easy to spot.

We had a few beautiful days last week — warm and sunny — and I felt like one of those lazy harbor seals who goes belly up the second the sun appears.

I'm sure they're taking harbor seals and elephant seals when they find those too.

Meet «Theros,» this year's first Pacific harbor seal pup patient!

Pacific harbor seal pups that are not yet weaned are generally started on Zoologic (Milk Matrix 30/55) a high fat milk protein powder containing low levels of lactose and fortified with vitamins and minerals, fish oil, and water.

Correlates of survival in harbor seal pups from central California, USA.

Play a round at Pebble Beach, the No. 1 public golf course in the country, book a surf lesson, or make for Point Lobos State Reserve, where scuba divers and kayakers share the water with harbor seals and sea otters.

Paddle the bay and keep your eyes open for sea otters and harbor seals on guided tours from Central Coast Outfitters, or rent your own equipment (consider Kayak Horizons) to paddle the calm waters.

When those populations thinned out, the theory goes, they moved on to smaller prey, such as harbor seals and sea otters.

She worked with orphaned harbor seals at the New England Aquarium and then at the Wildlife Clinic at Tufts University's School of Veterinary Medicine before attending veterinary school.

Percy is one of the orphaned harbor seal pups that have been rescued this year by the Center after being abandoned by their mothers.

To wit, a group of researchers who stumbled across influenza B virus — which was thought to infect only humans — in a stranded harbor seal.

[2] Castle Rock is the northernmost breeding colony of northern elephant seals, which like harbor seals breed on the island; California sea lions and Steller sea lions use the island as a haul - out [3] but do not breed there.

Annual protection measures for harbor seals in force from March 1 through June 30.

A handful of curious harbor seals seemed puzzled by the whole idea, as did at least one in our party of eleven.

Related: Learn about The Marine Mammal Center's Leave Seals Be campaign Learn more about harbor seals

Disease, contaminants, and harbor seal health in San Francisco Bay.

In the Pacific, they range from Alaska to Baja California, Mexico.1 Harbor Seals are typically found near shore.They are found throughout the California Channel Islands including all five Islands in Channel Islands National Park.On San Miguel Island 1,100 harbor seals breed annually on Point Bennett, which is also an extraordinary haul out area for four other pinniped species.

Behavior, movements, and apparent survival of rehabilitated and free - ranging harbor seal pups.

Hematology and serum chemistry in stranded and wild caught harbor seals in central California: reference ranges, prognosis and explanatory factors.

Our animal sightings today include harbor seals, deer, bald eagles, rhinocerous auklets, Harlequin ducks, and numerous other birds whose names I can't remember.

Considering the consumption of just adult chinook salmon in 2015, the researchers estimated that harbor seals consumed 1,000 adult chinook salmon, while California sea lions consumed 46,000, and Steller sea lions consumed 47,000.

Local fishermen believe there are probably too many harbor seals in Puget Sound.

He saw harbor seals quivering on the canal's banks during the 2003 winter feeding frenzy.

Our very own Ruth Marrion, DVM, PhD, DACVO recently performed cataract surgery on both Chacoda (Chuck) and Reggae, tow adult male harbor seals at the...

Over the course of approximately 30 minutes, you'll enjoy an exclusive tour of the seal facility and a special educational presentation on seals, then participate in an exciting harbor seal training session alongside Georgia Aquarium's own animal trainers.

Bald eagles soared across the sky, a curious harbor seal eyed us warily and white - tailed deer grazed along the rocky shoreline.

Antibodies to phocine herpesvirus - 1 are common in North American harbor seals (Phoca vitulina).

Now a group has found evidence that harbor seals learn to tell which killer whales are dangerous by eavesdropping on their conversations.

Pacific harbor seals often haul out on a sandbar in Moss Landing's north harbor.

San Mateo County Park Ranger Rob Cala caught these stunning photos of Heyerdahl struggling in the water and alone on the beach at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, a known harbor seal haul - out area.

In March, the center began to receive elephant seals that had washed up, followed by harbor seals, Guadalupe fur seals, and northern fur seals.

Prevalence of potentially pathogenic bacteria in the feces of stranded and wild harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in central California.

He has a degree in wildlife biology from the University of Massachusetts and has studied such diverse topics as whale strandings, harbor seal distribution around Cape Cod, and, most recently, the home ranges of box turtles.

Tests with three captive seals, two harbor seals born in captivity and one spotted seal born in the wild allowed the team to observe eating behaviors at closer range.

The whales had been thought to shun otters because the animals provide few calories compared to larger, fat - laden harbor seals and Stellar sea lions.

In the case of the slaughtered harbor seals of Hood Canal, transient killer whales may have done a good deed for the environment.

When the supply of sea lions and harbor seals ran low, orcas apparently turned to the next ready meal — sea otters.

They «speak» dialects — in both cases a high - pitched screech — that are so distinct from each other that even harbor seals seem to know the difference.

Groups of three or four transients typically go after a young harbor seal, whacking it senseless with their tails, then sharing it.

Scientists say the orcas probably preferred harbor seals and sea lions because of the high volume of their fat and the relative ease of killing them.

The researchers tested the observation by playing recorded calls of both groups at popular harbor seal hangouts in British Columbia to see how the seals would react.

«Unlike harbor seals, elephant seals and other marine mammals that range over hundreds or even thousand of miles, sea otters stick to their roots.»